Title: Pearls before Swine
Author: landofthekwt
Rating: G
Genre: Introspection
Word Count: 299
Prompt: Gift (The Wilted Rose Week16)
Universe: Canon
Warning: None
Summary: Naraku wonders about Kikyou's gift of the Jewel.
Naraku stared at the Jewel in his hand. He could not deny that he wanted it. Lately, he had been frustrated with his attempts to get the Jewel. Now it was within his grasp.
Yet something gave him pause . First, Kikyou had given his new body when she could have stopped the spell. Then, after obtaining the Jewel and penetrating his fortress she had blithely tossed the Jewel at his feet
What could she be thinking? She had guarded the Jewel so fervently in her past life. He had killed her for it. She had burned in the fire to remove it from this world. Now she laid it aside as if it were nothing.
This act confused, delighted and infuriated him at same time. The Jewel was something Onigumo had given his soul for the Jewel. Naraku had been created to taint the Jewel . To have it thrown at his feet as if it were refuse mocked his very being.
He did not trust her. No one gave away power. He knew her. There must be some reason for her to discard it. What that reason was escaped him for the moment, but he would remain vigilant. Kikyou must be constantly watched from now on.
Her mocking voice echoed in his ears. She was cold and self-assured. Pointing out his every weakness. Granting him power when she could have denied him. And then walking away from him without fear. Even telling him where he could find her.
The anger burned inside of him. He would no longer be the hanyou she had derided. She must never be allowed to laugh at him again .He would take the power which she had given him and turn her gift against her. Her pride would be her doom.